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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-08

as you would avoid desolate heart,
darkened life and o furnished repu.
tation, for to many one who has
gone before 1t has brought them oil.
No right-thinking young woman will
flirt. No sensible girl will ilirt. Flirt-
ing is mark OF weakness and folly
at best, and it often leads to dark
and fearful sim Then avoid it as you
would the open door to perdition.
Avoid 1t as the direst evil you can
conceive o..
The poet says, "Life is real, life is
earnest" and he told u living truth
that should always be kept in mind.
You have no time to llirt. Thehours,
the days, the years are passing on,
and they are bearing you-whitherY
Are they bearing you to home OF
love, purity and happiness, or to
loneliness, wreck and desolationY
When years have gone by and you
look back into the past, must you
see only crooked footprints? Must
you in time to come have only bitter
memories? Flirting will leave you no
hallowed memories. Flirting is sim
full and ruinous.-Ci cinnati Gazette.
Some Excellent Advice as to Whom and Whom
Not to Harry.
Home journal.
Girls, don't marry q man for
money, position or anything but
love. Don't do it, ii you want
to live to a good old age and be
happy. You may think that money
can bring you all you desire, but it
can't. That is where you are mis-
taken. 1t can buy good many
things, but it can never purchase con-
tentment for your heart or happiness
for your soul. 1t may bring temper.
airy smiles to your face, but it will
leave great shadows in your heart.
Don't think that / would advise you
to marry q worthless fellow, Just
because you imagine you love
him. A refined, good, intelligent
woman should never marry vulgar,
ill.bred man. No, no, never unite
yourself to any one who is not q man
in the truest meaning OF the word.
Neither could / advise a woman to
marry man who had no visible means
OF supporting her, but for heavens
sake don't marry o millionaire or a
king, il you don't love him. IL
will not do. People have tried it
time and time again, only to find 1t a
miserable failure. 1t may do for
awhile. You may revel in gilded
halls, and be lost in the giddy rounds
O. pleasure, but time will come when
these things will be q hollow mockery
to you. There will be an "aching
void" the world can never fill. Some
times mothers are to blame for the
unhappiness OF their daughters. They
teach them that respect for their hus'
band and lots OF "boodle" are infinite
ly to be preferred to that toolishness
called love. That would do well
enough if life had no waves OF trouble.
but it takes something more than
simple res pect to make two hearts
cling together in the hour of adversity.
A woman that turns her back on
wealth and takes the man OF her
choice may miss some OF the Injuries
OF life, but she will be happy. Don't
marry dude. Better getyou mon.
key. 1t is cheaper, and q great deal
nicer. Don't fool with that class OF
animals. They generally wear a ten
dollar hat on a ten-cent brain, and
the woman who takes one OF these
chaps will get left about as bad as the
Southern Confederacy did at Appom-
attox.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

On the one hand, the great men of the
past have been noted not only for their
brains but for their bodies as well, and
that, on the other, in the development of
their bodies the time given TO athletics
and to exercise was productive at once of
an increased tenure of life and Of the
highest and best intellectual power
Here again, were it desirable examples
might be indefinitely multiplied. 1t is
easy to recall that Sir Walter Scott was
unusually robust and physically active
until oycrtaken by fatal diseases; that
Burns in his youth was an athlete of ne
mean prowess; that Byron, in spite of his
deformity, eXcelled in feats of strength,
and that he prided himself as much upon
having swan the IIellespOnt as upon
having written "Childe Ilarold;n - that
Dickens considered himself at a great
intellectual disadvantage if compelled to
forego his daily ten-mile walk at fOuI
miles an hour, regardless of weather; that
George Sand preferred to work far into
the night, so that she might have more
hours of daylight for her walks in the
country; that Goethe swan, skated, rode
and was passionately fond of all forms OF
exercise; that Humboldt prepared him
self for his explorations by systematic
exercise to the point Of fatigue; thN
Leonardo da YinCi was a devoted eques
trian; that Wordsworth was an inde
fatigable pedestrian; that Kant allowed
nothing to interfere with his daily after
noon walk that Gladstone has his pri
vatc gymnasium, in addition to losing N,
opportunity for out-of town exercise
| that Bismarck has all his life been font
of sport and exercise, and is as indie
fatigable in their pursuit as in his work a
diplomat; and that among living au
thors, orators, and statesmen we hav
many equally conspicuous examples o
! the same general tTuth.-LipDiReON.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
Infant ProdIgies.

Willie Gordon. the ten-year-old son OF
of Mandan wholesale clothing dealer,
is his fathers bookkecper and conflden-
tial clerk. He shows a surprising apti-
tude for business, and always takes entire
charge of the snore wiien his father
comes East to buy goods.
Eddie Race, a tiveyear-old youngster,
of Glen's Falls, is the best drummer boy
for miles around. He performs the most
difficult beats without a flaw and never
seems to get tired, although the drum he
carries is nearly as big as his body. Eddie
has never had any tuition, but he gets
the beats right by instinct.
Lille Stuch, the fourteen year-old
daughter of the State Librarian of Penn
sylvania, recently composed a cradle
song so difficult that her music teacher
advised her to modify it. She said that
she had made it difficult so, that she
might send it to Patti, who woata-he-
able TO sing it. This she did, and it was
sung by the diva with great success in
the West.
Miss Fannie Block, of Jackson, Miss,
is said by the State Ledger to be one OF
the most precocious children in the
State, Though only nine years old she
reads, writes ana speaks InSllsi, ~
man and French fluently, and reads He
brew with case. She is now beginning
to master Creek. 1t took her only two
months to learn German, and she ac-
quired the other languages with equal
readiness.
A little negro lad, about seven years
old, living near Uniontown, Ga, is said
to possess wonderful talent for sculpt-
ure. He can take lump Of mud from
the roadside and with his hands form
any animal he ever saw, the proportions
being perfect. lie recently made out of
clay lfe-size statue of dog that as
tonished everybody who saw it because
of its extraordinary fidelity to life.
Paul Williams, the twelye-year-o son
of G.. b. Williams, of Mendon, Mass,
has neither arms nor legs-only stumps
two inches long from his shoulders and
similar stumps, eight inches in length, in
place of legs. Yet he is an accomplished
penman and a very good artist. He holds
| the pen or brush between his chin
! and one shoulder stump and moves it
with his head. Besides all this, he is
pupil of high standing in the Mendon
High School.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
Pmlnne In McNicn.

1t is as amusing to note the effort,
which newly arrived Ameirans make tc
say the word (Which should be pro.
nounced pool-kee) as their grimaceS in
learning to like the liquid, writes cor.
respondent of the Philadelphia Pres;
from Mexico. They generally begin in
calling it "pulk,n or at best 'poolk,
and end by doing their full share toward
disposing of those $4,000 gallons pei
diem. In its best estate the sour-smelling
stuff looks like thick buttermilk, and
tastes somewhat nast!er, if possible, than
spoiled yeast. Its beauties were dis
covered about the year 800 by Papautzin,
a Toltec nobleman. Tradition says that
this ancient benefactor, having sue
ceeded in distilling a beverage which
to him seemed fit for the gods, called his
only daughter. Xochitl Ohe name
signifying "fowers of Tollen'O, and
commissioned her as cup-bearer to the
King. The dusky Hebe was young and
beautiful, and so the Toltec monarch not
only drank and praised the pulque but
straightway fell in love with the maiden.
He would not permit her to return to heI
people, but for many years the old rascal
kept her prisoner in his palace, though
wars and bloodshed, and at last the dis
ruption of the empire, grew out of his
infatuatiOn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
Useful Hints.

A few oyster shells, mixed with the
coal used for furnace or large stove,
will cffectually prevent the accumulation
of Clinke.s.
To clean satin that has become greasy,
sponge lengthwise, never across the width,
with benzine, alcohol or borax water.
Press on the wrong side.
1t is said that white spots can be re-
moved from furniture by rubbing with
essence of camphor or peppermint, and
aftcrward with furniture polish oil
Put a small piece of charcoal into thu
pot when boiling cabbage to prevent tho
disagreeable odor that usually accom-
panies the cooking of this vegetable.
Velvet wears better, if brushed with Q
hat Lrlsh, by pressing down into the
nap and then turning the brush as on an
axis to firt out the lint. Do not brush
backward or forward.
Ice is but water. Ice, should, there
fore, never be added to anything that
would be injured or injuriously affected
by water, Salads are frequently ruined
in summer by covering them with broken
ice.
The human system consists of fifteen
clements, all Of which are found in com
mon wheat. But the flour Of commerce
is deprived in a large degree of twelve Of
these elements. An improvement in
making flour is evidently needed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

The Philadelphia Press has been max.
ing chemical examination of the output
of Philadelphia bakeries. The result is
startling. The amount chromate of lead
used in coloring cakes and buns by the
Quaker City bakers is astonishingly large.
Speaking of the chemists report, the
Press says: "It shows that even at this
season of the year, when eggs are cheap,
and the inducement TO the substitution
of lead dye is largely removed, the poi.
sonous material was found in six out OF
twenty-four cases" From May, 1884, tc
May, 1887, eleven deaths have occurred
in certain locality in Philadelphia which
are now believed to have been caused by
poisoned food sold by 4 baker, who is &c
be prosecuted at once on the charge Of
homicide. That so many persons should
have fallen victims TO lead poisoning is
not strange. The effect of compare
lively small quantity of chromate of lead,
or chrome yellow, as it is called, on the
human system is fatal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Receipes.


TONGUE ToAsT.-Make some slices OF
toast, not very thick, Drowned evenly all
over on both sides, and minus crust.
Butter it slightly. Crate with . large
crater liberal sufiicicncy of cold tongue
and spread it thickly over the toast Lay
the slices side by side on a large dish.
Serve at breakfast, luncheon or supper.
LEMON CHEAM.-Boil the thin peel of
two lemons in one pint of cream, strain,
and thiCken with the well-beaten yolks
of three and the whites of four eggs,
into which half a teacupful of white
sugar has been beaten. Add half salt
spoonful of salt, stir rapidly with the
egg-beater until nearly cold, and pour it
into glasses or cups. This quantity will
fill six good cups.
SrEwED APPLES WITH RTcE.-Scoop
out the cores and peel some fine russet
apples, and stew them in clarified sugar
Boil some rice in milk with a pinch Of
salt, and sugar enough to sweeten it..
Leave on the fire until the rice is quite
soft and has absorbed nearly all the
milk; place in n dish; arrange the
stewcd apples on the rice and put in the
oven to remain until they are Of a golden
color.
CHEESE FRITTERs. Put about pint
of water into a saucepan with piece oil
butter the size of an egg, the least bit OF
cayenne and plenty of black pepper.
When the water boils throw gradually
into it sufficient flour to form a thick
paste, then take it off the fire and work
it into a quarter of pound of Parme-
sian cheese, and then the yolks of three
or fonr eggs and the whites of two beat.
en- up to froth. Let the paste remain
for a couple of hours, and then fry it the
size of n walnut into plenty of hot lard.
Serve sprinkled with very fine salt.
RHUBARB JAN-To six pounds of
rhubarb add tx pounds of lump sugai
and six large lemons; cut the rhubart
into small pieces about the size of wal
nut; then the lemons should be sliced
and the peel cut very fine. Put the fruit
taking out the pips from the lemons) all
into large bowl; then cover it with the
sugar, broken small let it stand twenty
four hours, after which boil it slowly fol
about thrce-quarters of an hour, taking
care it does not stick to the pan, also not
to stir much so as TO break the pieces o.
rhubarb, as the beauty of it is in being
| whole.
VEGETABLE AND FAMILY SoUPs.-TwC
pounds of lean beef, half an onion, on'
large carrot, one turnip, quarter of cab
bage heart, two fair-sized potatoes, ont
tablespoonful of minced parscly, two
stalks of celery, pepper and salt, three
quarts of cold water, Drowned flour
Put the beef over the fire in the cole
water, and cook slowly three hours. Al
hour before taking it from the fire pre-
pare the vegetables. Shred the cabbage
cut turnips, celery, carrots and potatoe
into dice, and slice the onion. Coo
them half an hour in boiling, salted wa
ter. Drain this off and throw it away
BY this time the meat should be tender
but not in shrcds. Add the parbOile
vegetables to it and the broth, put in tn
parsely, pepper and salt to taste. Coo
all for fifteen minutes; stir in grca
spoonful of Drowned -four wet with col
water; boil up and pour out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
The Amir of Afghanistan.

A correspondent of the Journal des
Debdts sends the following account Of the
Amir of Afghanistan: "Abdurrahman
in the first part Of his career was Il sol
dier; when he was raised to the Amirship
he became bureaucrat, a new role for
an Afghan ruler, and one not likely to
be popular. Each day with him has its
appointed work Two days week are
devoted to his correspondence, Monday
for that with the upper country Qlerat,
Candahar, etc.), Thursday for that with
the lower country (Cabul. Peshawur and
India. On Tuesday he holds his mill
tary durbar and receives the officers of
the garrison, all of whom dine with him.
1t is also the day of private reception or
Diwan. i-Hass. On Wednesday and Sat
urday he administers justice and admits
the public to his presence, even to the
last beggar ThisiS called the Diwan-i-
Am. Friday is treated as Sunday is in
London-all the bazaars, shops and the
palace itself are closed, the mosques
alone remaining open. Sunday is de-
voted to the Amir's private affairs. The
two most important days are those of the
Diwan lam, for the Amir is above all a
dispenser of Justice. He dispenses it
with his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Highway robbers are brought before him
and he hears the charge. Then he says
one of two things 'Bekoushid,' and
they cut their throats, or 'Gargara
kounid, and they lead them off to be
hung If an article is lost on the road
no one is allowed to pick it up,
If any one does so his hand is cut off.
The Amir is writing his memoirs, be-
ginning with his ninth year, and he is
now forty-two. They will be full of in
terest if the Ghilzais will only allow him
To finish Them
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The most charming takers are those
who think as you do.-Picayune.
Which is the most avariciousl A man
will run after dollar, while dog viii
follow a scent.
Why man boots his dog, but merely
shoes his hen, has never been precisely
determined. Philadelphia Call.
Sophronia-"C Certainly, dear, imitation
violins for the room adorument should be
decorated with bows. Boston Courier.
The mosquito is here and we realize
that there are other troublesome bitls be-
sides the Interstate commerce affair
Boston Bulletin.
Tennyson is ill with gout. 1t is appre.
hended that he caught it from some OF
his recent poetry, whose lameness Is thus
accounted for.-BOston Transcript
Stiggins has married his type-writing
girl. Before they were married he was
in the habit of debating to her, but now
she dictates to him. m.-Boston Beacon.
The baby believes in the motto: "A
place for everything and everything in
its place." and her place for everything
is in her mouth. S0mercaIe Journal.
A Canadian has shot an American sew
ing machine agent; but shooting only
one American sewing machine agent
won't settle the fishery trouble. = 1raceL-
ers Magazine.
'Is it right" ask a contemporary, for
q member of the General Assembly to go
without his coat9" 1t depends upon
where he is going. If he is going to bed
| il is all RIGHT t-lSdrdnEdh NerS.
"What is the chief pcculiaritF of the
iner. ut is beneficial to bank cashiers,
said the bright boy of the class, but
very deadly to reformers. ."-Jttdge.
ooh, Mr.. Lighthead," remarked Miss
Oldgirl, with a simper, 'I've seen just
eighteen happy summers to-day" "Only
eighteen happy Ones" replied he, with
pity in his tone. "What an unhappy
life you must have had. ."-NeO York
Sun.
"Theodore, l don't believe you love
me any more" said K-strcet girl plain
lively, as her best fellow, a Postoffice
Department clerk, pulled her hastily past
an ice cream saloon. ooh, don't say that,
dearest, said he, reproachfully. "Why,
Inamed fourteen Postoffices after you last
week. y Washington Critic
WHERE; OH wHEREl
The seasons fly swiftly away;
Spring has passed, and suD12z y here
Obi where Is the diaEpco-tIay
Begun on the first Of the yearl
This truth to us yearly comes nigh,
As we wander through life's dreary vale,
That diaries are kept only by
The people who keep them for sale.
boston Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
AnUngrateful Panther.

Jim Ponce, of St. Augustine, Fa.,
going through the woods heard tremen-
dous squawls, yells, and roars, and eau
tiously investigating came upon a seven
foot panther fighting with an alligator,
which had he panther fast in its ponder
GUS Jaws. Ponce sided with the under
dog and shot the alligator, wheTeupon
the panther, freeing himself, made ior
the hunter, who had hard fight before
he killed the uugrateful beast'-'AsS
York Stla.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

A party of treasure-seelers, backed by
several Phihdelphia capitalists, have
chartered the schooner William P. Orr
for period of six months to look for
900, 900 Spanish doubloons, which they
assert are buried off the Delaware capcs
on the English privateer De Braak, which
sank in 1898. A London lawyer has
been at work for six months past in look
ing up from English records in London
tbs h particulars of the laundering of
TIL e BEaak, and has furnished to the
parties interested the minutest details of
the craft. 1t seems that the vessel had
been privateering on the Spanish main
and had captured two galleons loaded
with the precious coin, which was lodged
in the lockers of the De Braak for ship
ment to England. The vessel foundered
in gale, however, before she could
make the Delaware capes in safety. The
experienced divers, with all necessary
apparatus, steam boilers, pumps and a
party of ten men, will accompany the
schooner, and work will be started i'm
mediately. A powerful tug will be char
tered to remain by the schooner to tow
her to the Delaware Breakwater when
the sea shall become to heavy for work,
and to assist in moving the divers about
in their work in the water, which is not
less than fifty feet deep.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
RATES OF ADVERTisiNo.
THE cARK OF CARE.

Like the rnpacious cankerworm that strips
The orchards verdure, leaving stark and
bare
The shrlveled boughthat else had blcssomed
fair,
With promise of ripe fruit for craving lips,
Care creeps upon us stealthily, and sips
The life -hlood OF our souls-wilts every rare
Purpose and act-the will to do and dare
Without one fear of failure or eclipse.
Yield not, brave heart, to such a subtle foe,
SO small in its first inroad; set stout heel
On the consuming ravage; hunt it down
With firm endeavor; blast it with frown
OF noble deed and thou shalt find and feel
Sure handsel of the harvests overflow.
--Margaret j. Preston, f't Good Cheer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

Valley City, Dakota, claims the greatest
prodigy in music in the Northwest Itis
Blanche Ramer, the four-year old daugh.
ter of E. T. Ramer. She plays on the
organ or piano stric tly by note, and reads
the notes with surprising rapdity and ac-
curacy, and always counts her own time
when playing, Her knowledge and OBJ
servance in the playing Of rests, dots, ac,
cidentals, and in fact all the characters
used in music is unsurpassed by any play
er. Her first appearance upon the stage
occurred recently in the opera house be-
fore the largest crowd ever gathered in
the city, which audience she entertained
by a solo on the piano. Blanche's ap
pearancc upon the stage was greeted
with loud and extended applause, when
she was lifted to the piano stool and de
liberately executed, without single mis-
take or hesitation, to the astonishment OF
everybody present, a charming solo, ther
retired amid the cheers of the audience
to little rocking chair with the dignity
grace and composure that would dc
honor to Patti.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

Lieutenant Dudley Mills, of the British
army, in recent expedition to Shang
Tung, China, discovered the sculptured
stones near Chiasiang, which he was thu
first foreigner to visit. The inscriptions
and figures are cut on the walls of tombs
and are mainly devoted to the illustra
ton of moral precepts. They are said tC
be seventeen centuries old, and the frs
description Of them was given by a Chi
nese scholar of the twelfth century.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

The mortality of the globe has recent.
ly been completed as follows: Per min.
ute, sixty-seven; per day, 1890; per
year, 3j, ,639, s35. The number of births
per year is about SO, 702, 900; and per day
about 100, 900. This makes about three
births more per minute than deaths. II
the population of the globe goes on in
creasing at this rate of about million
and quarter per year, mankind will be
obliged to soon hang out the sign OF
"Standing Room 0nlyn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

Queen Isabella, Of Spain, sometimes
makes very cutting remarks. She was
recently told that her younger sister, the
Duchess Of Montpensier, looked older
than her Majesty, whereupon she ex-
claimed: "Then she ought to be happy,
for she has wanted to be the elder sister
all her life long, and now, at least, she
appears to be so. "-L0Rd0R Truth. Z, :
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03
Curious Bngs.

Next door to the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company's store, Fulton
street, is an exhibition case with glass
sides containing three little turtles. The
turtles are alive, and are about the size
of a silver quarter "Say, john said Il
pretty shop girl to her young man
saint they curious bugs John nodded
and the tea clerk smiled, Nee loSl
sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

An indianapolis colorcd barber is
credited with eating, at one sitting,
seven pounds of roast beef, forty-fiye
pounds of vegetables, pone of corn
bread, a loaf of wheat bread, four pies
and six glasses of iced tea. Commenting
upon this alleged performance, the Balti-
more Herald says that, "as rule, the
indianapolis reporter is an abic-bodied
liarn